#BBAF70#BBAF70

#BBAF70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.084 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF70
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 112)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -4.87, 33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 34.19, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0128 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.084 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7489, 42.3958, 21.4681)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF70 #707CBB

analogous

#BB8970 #BBAF70 #A1BB70

triadic

#BBAF70 #70BBAF #AF70BB

tetradic

#BBAF70 #70BB89 #707CBB #BB70A1

square

#BBAF70 #70BB89 #707CBB #BB70A1

split-complementary

#BBAF70 #70A1BB #8970BB

monochromatic

#786E39 #A1944D #BBAF70 #CFC699 #E2DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAF70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BBAF70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF70

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF70	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.084 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c69a',
    500: '#bbaf70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf70;
$custom-light: #d1c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74955,
    "c": 0.08382,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF70

secondary

#B5B9D2

accent

#6ECC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF70

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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